The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) today called on the Arroyo regime to discuss with revolutionary authorities the safe and orderly release of Lt. Vicente Cammayo who is currently being held as a prisoner of war (POW) of the New People's Army (NPA) under the Merardo Arce Command in the Southern Mindanao Region.

Lieutenant Cammayo, commander of the Philippine Army's 11th Special Forces Company, surrendered in the course of his unit's encounter with the NPA on November 7 in Barangay Casoon, Monkayo town, Compostela Valley.